Breakfast cereal.

[elatengam]

Hi there, Im new to the forum and struggling with Diabetes type 2. Its way out of control and Im trying to plan a good menu plan. What is the best cereal to eat. I like Weetabix and Shredded wheat and porridge but for conenience I eat the packet porridge you add milk to and put in microwave.
What does everyone else eat please?

 

[Kaylz]

Hi and welcome to the forum 🙂

Have you tested to see what your response to cereal is? The majority of Type 2's on the forum have found they don't tolerate cereal too well due to the carbs and morning being when we are generally most insulin resistant so a lot tend to avoid cereal and go for things like bacon. eggs, sausages etc xx

 

[Leadinglights]

Some people can cope with cereal but many can't and therefore it would not be a good choice for them.
A breakfast of full fat Greek yoghurt with berries and a small portion of a low sugar cereal like All Bran or a low sugar granola or eggs in any shape or form with bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes and some can tolerate a slice of toast.
This link may hlp you with some meal ideas as well as some do's and don'ts. https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/

 

[Simon S]

Hi there, Im new to the forum and struggling with Diabetes type 2. Its way out of control and Im trying to plan a good menu plan. What is the best cereal to eat. I like Weetabix and Shredded wheat and porridge but for conenience I eat the packet porridge you add milk to and put in microwave.
What does everyone else eat please?

I'm with you Weetabix in the morning and if I feel hungry I'll have shredded wheat as a snack with a little skimmed milk. Tried poach eggs on whole meal bread but seems to go through me since taking the metformin 4 weeks ago.

 

[elatengam]

Hi and welcome to the forum 🙂

Have you tested to see what your response to cereal is? The majority of Type 2's on the forum have found they don't tolerate cereal too well due to the carbs and morning being when we are generally most insulin resistant so a lot tend to avoid cereal and go for things like bacon. eggs, sausages etc xx

Hi Kaylz,
Thank you so much for your reply
I havent tested my response no. How do you do that ? I have a blood monitor , do I test my BM before the cereal then after I have eaten it? Then what am I looking for ? A spike?
Sorry I am new to all this and my head is mashed with it all. My diabetes nurse recommended the web site. I am all over the place with it sorry xx

 

[elatengam]

Some people can cope with cereal but many can't and therefore it would not be a good choice for them.
A breakfast of full fat Greek yoghurt with berries and a small portion of a low sugar cereal like All Bran or a low sugar granola or eggs in any shape or form with bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes and some can tolerate a slice of toast.
This link may hlp you with some meal ideas as well as some do's and don'ts. https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/

Thank you so very much for this. I am new to it all and finding it hard to understand xx

 

[Leadinglights]

Hi Kaylz,
Thank you so much for your reply
I havent tested my response no. How do you do that ? I have a blood monitor , do I test my BM before the cereal then after I have eaten it? Then what am I looking for ? A spike?
Sorry I am new to all this and my head is mashed with it all. My diabetes nurse recommended the web site. I am all over the place with it .

You test before you eat it and again after 2 hours, an increase of more than 2-3mmol/l and it was not too good aa not tolerated well.

 

[Kaylz]

@elatengam you would test your BG before eating and then again 2 hours later looking for no more than a 2-3mmol rise from your pre meal level

There's no need to apologise we've all been new to it at one point xx

 

[elatengam]

Wow Ive been on here 15 meetings and you are all so kind and full of good advice. Thank you all for your support it means so much to me xx

 

[trophywench]

Some things about it are relatively simple to grasp as long as someone explains what they mean properly!

 

[Docb]

Glad to see we are being helpful @elatengam. One thing to bear in mind is that things can be a bit fuzzy when taking blood glucose measurements. You can eat exactly the same thing as far as you are concerned but end up with what appear to be different results. That's because blood glucose variation is not an exact science. Take your time, don't panic, do a few repeats and you will sort out general trends.

What I suggest (I used to be an experimental scientist) is you get your self a note book and for your breakfasts note down exactly what you eat and take a measurement immediately before you start and then another measurement a fixed time afterwards. As has been suggested above most would suggest a couple of hours. Do this for a few days, eating the same breakfast, and you will get an idea of the effect that particular breakfast has on your blood glucose. Then try something else for a few days and see what the effect that has. Maybe move from a wheat based cereal to one that is oat based. That way you can begin to get some indication of what things your system is finding most difficult to cope with, make deliberate changes to eliminate those things, and check to make sure your changes are working.

I did that sort of thing and finished up with this as my boringly standard breakfast...

Cereal - 30g or so of home made granola, toasted oats with nuts and seeds eaten with plain full fat Greek yoghourt and a drop of milk. Make my own because commercial stuff tends to contain dried fruit (gives a big jump in blood glucose) and a far higher proportion of cereal to nuts and seeds. Total of about 20g carbohydrate.

Toast and marmalade - slice of low carb bread toasted (wheat content of standard breads gives a big jump in blood glucose) and my own marmalade (much more flavour than shop stuff and so I need the tiniest amount to taste it). Total of about 10g carbohydrate.

Big cup of tea. No carbohydrate to speak of.

I expect that breakfast to give me a 2 hour rise of between 1 and 2 units on my meter and I am happy with that. If I test after one hour I might see a 4 unit rise but I don't panic. My system is producing glucose faster than my pancreas can deal with but I know that it will cope eventually and be down around my base line by lunch time.

After a while you will be able to sort out what works for you.